Finance Minister Piyush Goyal added that a national AI portal will be developed soon.

Soon after the Budget 2019, the Modi-government ministers took to Twitter to congratulate the Interim Finance Minister, while other ministers, led by Congress opposed the same.

Piyush Goyal, who also heads the Railway ministry, allocated Rs 55,088 crore in 2018-19, while it was Rs 41,813 .8 crore in 2017-18 and Rs 45,231.63 crore in 2016-17.

The Finance Minister also announced that an anti-camcording provision will soon be announced to prevent piracy of films. The provision will be added to the Cinematography Act. 

FM Goyal also said that the people of India gave a strong mandate to the government and under the leadership of PM Modi, structural reforms were undertaken.

Budget 2019 LIVE updates: The Budget 2019 will be the last one presented by Narendra Modi led NDA government before the General Elections due in May.

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At 11 am on February 1  Finance Minster Piyush Goyal will be presenting Union Budget 2019 in Parliament

India's GDP growth rate in 2010-11, which falls during his second term as the Prime Minister, is the highest recorded, even after the recalibrated GDP data. Recalculated data shows Indian economy growing faster under the Modi government, though.

The national transporter may be in line for an 8 per cent jump in it in the Interim Budget today.

Let's try to understand how much the country has gained or lost in the past year in terms of economic growth and issues matter to the common man.

The stand-in Finance Minister may talk of a minuscule fiscal slippage or put a brave face and say the government would still meet its fiscal deficit targets.

The Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha will have total 10 sittings and the Budget session of the Parliament will continue till February 13, 2019

Suppression of unpleasant employment data will not help; proper analysis of such data and strategic planning will do.

The Finance Ministry made it official on January 30 that the upcoming budget will be 'Interim Budget 2019-20' amid speculations that the government could present a full budget

In a statement, PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Rajeev Talwar said it looks forward to a \"dynamic, inclusive and pragmatic budget\" on February 1.

It has been the tradition to present an interim budget or vote-on-account in an election year. As such, the full budget is presented by the new government after the elections.